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Star · K8V

TOI-532

TOI-532 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K8V in the constellation Orion, 440.5 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationOrion
Distance440.5 light-years (135.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 14.41
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 8.76
Spectral typeK8V
Surface temperature3,930 K
Luminosity0.0803 L☉
Radius0.612 R☉
Mass0.639 M☉
Age7.1 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.34
Right ascension (J2000)5h 40m 19.2s
Declination (J2000)+11° 33′ 45″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)28.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.41. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 78° S. North of latitude 78° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1586. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around TOI-532, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.48, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Serpens. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.